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CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA,  ^ 
Treasury  Departme 
Richmond,  January  1.3th.  186?.      ) 

Hon.  Howell  Coin?,  J  of  Congi 

Sm  : — In  answer  to  the  Resolution  of  Congress,  requ 
iiig  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  inform  Congress  how 
much  revenue  the  Govermnent  has  collected  from  duties 
upon  imports  at  different  points  on  the  sen  const  of  tit" 
Confederacy  since  the  first  day  of  July  ! 
what  amount  of  the  duties  thus  collected  has  heen  from 
goods  bonded  before  that  date,  and  how  much  from 
goods  imported  since  that  date,  also  the  amount  of  duties 
collected  at  the  different  points  on  the  Mexican  frontier,  I 
have  the  honor  to  report  as  follows: 

Amount  of  revenue  collected  from  duties  on  imports,  and 
from  different  points  on  the  sea  coast  and  [Mexican  frontier 
since  the  first  of  July,  1861,  as  far  as  has  been  received 

at  this  Department, $   63,138  81 

Amount  of  revenue  collected  from  goods  bonded 

before  the  1st  of  July,  1861 239,66.-> 

In  response  to  rtion  of  the  Resolution  req 

the  cost  of  said  collection,  including  salaries  paid  to  offic 
and  expense  of  keeping  up  Custom    Houses,  I  also    report 
that  for  that  purpose,  there  has  been    expended  during  the 
same  period,  to  wit:   From  the  1st  day  of  July,  to  the  31st 
of  December,  1861,  the  sum  of  $63,774  48. 

With  this  communication,  I  transmit  statements  from  the 
First  Auditor  and  Comptroller,  giving  the  same  information 
in  detail. 


ans\TCr 


DransUr  to  the  second  Resolution  requesting  the  Secre- 
*tary  of  the  Treasury  to  furnish  Congresi  with  a  copy  of 
anv  letter  or  letters  addressed  by  him  to  the  Governor  of 
'Louisiana,  urging  the  suspension  of  specie  payments  by  the 
Banks  of  that  State,  I  have  the  honor  to  comply  with  the 
same,  by  enclosing  copies  of  all  the  correspondence  with  the 
Governor  of  the  State  of  Louisiana,  and  of  one,  also,  to  the 
.Attorney  General  of  that  State  on  the  same  subject. 
Very  respectfully, 

Your  ob't  serv't, 

C.  G.  MEMMIXGER, 
Secretary  of  Treasury. 


STATEMENT  showing  the  amount  of  Revenue  collected  from 
Duties  on  Imports  from  different  points  on  the  Sea  Coast  of 
the  Confederacy  since  the  1st  day  of  July,  1861,  designating 
what  amount  of  the  duties  thus  collected  has  been  from  goods 
bonded  before  that  date. 


Duties  collec 

Duties  collec 

ted  since  the 

ted    on   Im- 

1st July, '61 

Total    am'nt 

Collection  District. 

ports    since 

on  goods  im- 

Duties  col- 

the 1st  July 

ported     be- 

lected. 

1861. 

fore  that 
date. 

$       3,018  18 

Norfolk,  Ya.    -     -    -     - 

$ 

$        3.018  18 

Beaufort,  N.  C.    -     -     - 

2,319  60 

2,319  60 

Camden,  X.  C.     -     -     - 

202  82 

262  S2 

Edenton,  N.  C.     -     -     - 

34  09 

34  09 

Plymouth,   N.    C.     -     - 

256  42 

256  42 

Wilmington,  X.  C.    -    - 

791  95 

791  95 

Newbern,  N.  C.    -     -     - 

14  25 

14  25 

Charleston,  S.   C.     -     - 

5,745  52 

6,861  05 

12,606  57 

Georgetown,  S.  C.    -     - 

202  86 

202  86 

Savannah,    Ga.     -     -     - 

22,773  31 

10,105  05 

32,878  36 

St.  Johns,  Fla.     -     -     - 

584  44 

584  44 

Apalachicola,  Fla.     -     - 

230  19 

230  19 

Fernandina,  Fla.  -     -     - 

3  69 

3  69 

Mobile,  Ala.    -     -     -     - 

7,212  47 

29,609  70 

36,822  17 

New  Orleans,  La.     -     - 

22,324  58 

187,885  07 

210,209  65 

Galveston,   Texas     -     - 

298  63 

2,152  65 

2,451  28 

Brazos  Santiago,  Texas 

118  11 

118  11 

$     63,138  84 

$    239,605  79 

8    302,804  03 

STATEMENT  of  Moneys  advanced  to  Collectors  to  defray  the 
Expenses  of  Collecting  the  Revenue  at  the  Ports  below  men- 
tioned, from  July  1st,  to  December  Slst,  1S61. 


STATES. 


i  labama, 


Florida. 


( Georgia, 


Louisiana.    -     - 
Mississippi, 

North  Carolina. 

(E  a 

a  a 

South  Carolina, 


Texas,     ■ 
Virginia, 


PORTS. 


Mobile,    ------- 

Stevenson,    ------ 

Selma,  -    ------- 

St.     Johns,   ------ 

Apalachicola,     -    -     -     -    - 

St.     Augustine,     -    -    -    - 

Fernandjna,  ------ 

St.     Marks, 

J'ilatka,     ------- 

Pensacola,     ------ 

Savannah,     ------ 

Brunswick,  ------ 

New     ( Orleans,  -    -    -    -    - 

Natchez,  ------- 

Norfolk,  - 

Wilmington*  -    -    -    -    -    - 

Beaufort,-    ------ 

Plymouth,     ------ 

Charleston,   ------ 

Georgetown,      -    -    -    -    - 

Beaufort,  ------- 

Galveston,     ------ 

I'.ia/.o-     Santiago,-    -    -    - 

Richmond*     ------ 

Norfolk     and      Port 


AMOUNT 


Total 


$  4,687  74 

85  42 

87  50 

412  iv 

12  04 

313  56 

1,891  ::i 

I?:-  oil 

363  33 

3,459  92 

201  50 

23,531  mt 

170  00 

842  53 

226  03 

181  50 

J7: 

10,359  56 

200  7.") 

G2  50 

y,  86 

2,730  3] 

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